(ADATTO A2529)
ADATTO, KIKU. Picture Perfect: The Art and Artifice of Public Image Making. 200 pp. text ranges from photography to T.V. to film. Notes, index. Includes discussion of the television coverage of the 1968 and 1988 presidential campaigns 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First edition. New York, Harper-Collins, 1993. New. (Pub. at $20.00)
$6.00 [Order]
(African American Review A17979)
African American Review. African American Review Vol. 36, No. 3 (2002). This issue contains essay on Oscar Michaux by Dan Moos. 8vo, wraps. 2002. Fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(ARLEN A2322)
ARLEN, MICHAEL J. The Camera Age: Essays on Television. 337 pp. The author's third book of T.V. criticism. Essays all orig. pub. in The New Yorker. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First edition. New York, Ferrar, Straus, Giroux, 1981. V.g.+/V.g.+ or better. D.j. edgeworn with a few short closed tears on spine. Slight fading to edge of boards.
$8.00 [Order]
(ARLEN A2321)
ARLEN, MICHAEL J. The View from Highway 1. 293 pp. An important early collection of articles on the medium of T.V. The author's second such book. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First edition. New York, Ferrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. Near-fine, in v.g.+ d.j. (dustjacket is a little edge-worn).
$10.00 [Order]
(BAILLY A7551)
BAILLY, RENE and ANDRE ROCHE, eds. Dictionnaire de la television. 256 pp., biographies of producers, actresses, programmers, descriptions of organizations, appendix of original broadcasts, serials, et al. from 1956-66. Many women included. A decade of French popular culture. In French. 8vo, wraps. Paris, Larousse, 1967. V.G. (raised owner's seal lower corner t.p.).
$10.00 [Order]
(BAIN A8739)
BAIN, DAVID and BRUCE HARRIS, ed. MICKEY MOUSE: Fifty Happy Years. 256 pp., illus. throughout in color and b&w. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Harmony Books, 1977. V.G./V.G.- (d.j. chipped at tips and extrems.; 1 inch piece missing at head of spine)
$12.00 [Order]
(BAKARI A11443)
BAKARI, IMRUH and MBYE CHAM, eds. African Experiences of Cinema. x, 276 pp. One of the small handful of English language books on African cinema. 8vo, wraps. London, British Film Institute, 1995. V.G.
$20.00 [Order]
(BALOGUN A17261)
BALOGUN, FRANCOISE. The Cinema in Nigeria. 144 pp., plus 17 b&w illus., filmog., bibliog. Covers the film industry, history of Nigerian cinema, and the landmark films. Excellent one-of-a-kind survey. Uncommon. 12mo, wraps. First ed. Enugu, Delta Publications, 1987. Tight clean fine copy.
$70.00 [Order]
(BAMBARA A6744)
BAMBARA, TONI CADE. Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, and Conversations. 257 pp. Ed. and pref. Toni Morrison. Fiction and film criticism on contemporary Black cinema (Julie Dash, Spike Lee, Ousmane Sembene, Larry Clark, et al.) 8vo, papered boards., d.j. First ed. New York, Pantheon, 1996. Fine/Fine.
$16.50 [Order]
(BARNOUW A7417)
BARNOUW, ERIK and S. KRISNASWAMY. Indian Film. xviii, 327 pp., b&w photos, bibliog., index, map. Fifty year history of the Indian film industry (through 1963). Classic reference work. 8vo, cloth. First ed. New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 1963. Near fine tight copy (owner name top of flyleaf).
$15.00 [Order]
(BAZIN A9435)
BAZIN, ANDRE. French Cinema of the Occupation and Resistance: The Birth of a Critical Esthetic. Foreword by Francois Truffaut. 166 pp., b&w stills, index. Classic study covering the wartime work of Prevert, Carne, Gremillon, L'Herbier, Clement, Allegret, et al. 12mo, cloth, d.j. First Eng. lang. ed. New York, Ungar, 1981. Fine, in about fine d.j. (price-clipped).
$15.00 [Order]
(BERNARDI A15861)
BERNARDI, DANIEL, ed. The Birth of Whiteness: Race and the Emergence of U.S. Cinema. ix, 378, b&w text illus., notes, bibliog., index. 15 critical essays by noted film historians, grouped in categories from white nationalism to colonialism. Directors and films discussed include: Oscar Micheaux, D.W. Griffith, the Jack Johnson fight films, Birth of a Nation, Ramona, Madame Butterfly, Nanook of the North, Sessue Hayakawa's silent film career, Micheaux's treatment of miscegenation, Cecil B. DeMille's Asian settings, and much more. 8vo, wraps. New Brunswick, Rutgers Univ. Press, 1996. As new.
$15.00 [Order]
(BIRCH A9313)
BIRCH, HELEN, ed. Moving Targets: Women Murder and Representation. 302 pp., notes, index. Ten critical essays on topics from true crime to Hollywood's serial killers, killer-moms, etc. 8vo, wraps. First ed. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1994. Fine.
$16.00 [Order]
(BOGLE A6250)
BOGLE, DONALD. Brown Sugar: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars. 208 pp., over 150 b&w illus., bibliog., index. From Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Ma Rainey and Josephine Baker to Aretha Franklin, the Supremes, Cicely Tyson, Miriam Makeba, Vonetta McGee, Pam Grier and Tamara Dobson. Useful survey. 4to, wraps. Reprint of 1980 ed. New York, Da Capo, 1990. Near-fine.
$18.00 [Order]
(BOVAY A12878)
BOVAY, GEORGES-MICHEL. Cinema: un oeil ouvert sur le monde. 152 pp., 100 very nice b&w photos and stills (many full-page), list of illus. Includes texts by Jean Cocteau, Georges Sadoul, Andre Bazin, Leon Moussinac, Maurice Bessy, Nicole Vedres, et al. In French. Large 8vo, boards. Numbered first ed. Lausanne, Guilde de livre, 1952. Near-fine.
$35.00 [Order]
(BRAUDY A1850)
BRAUDY, LEO. Native Informant, Essays on Film, Fiction and Popular Culture. 304 pp., 23 b&w illus. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First edition. New York, Oxford Univ. Press, 1991. Near-fine. (Pub. at $42.)
$15.00 [Order]
(BRUNO A8187)
BRUNO, MICHAEL. Venus in Hollywood: The Continental Enchantress from Garbo to Loren. 257 pp., illus., appendices (including the 1956 Motion Pictures Production Code and the original names of 66 stars), bibliog., index. 8vo, cloth, d.j. 1970. Near-fine (owner name on pastedown), in near-fine d.j. (light wear to points and spine extrems of d.j.).
$8.50 [Order]
(BURCH A8576)
BURCH, NOEL. Life to Those Shadows. 317 pp., 36 b&w illus., notes, bibliog., filmog. of works discussed, index. An examination of the emergence of cinema's mode of representation in the first thirty years of its history and of the underlying conditions that made it possible. Already a classic film theory text. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1990. As new.
$25.00 [Order]
(CAHN A7933)
CAHN, WILLIAM and HAROLD LLOYD (intro). The Laugh Makers: A Pictorial History of American Comedians. 192 pp., approx. 200 illus., index. Small sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Bramhall House, 1957. Light endpaper abrasion, else near-fine bright copy in v.g.+ d.j.
$10.00 [Order]
(Camera obscura A14561)
Baltimore. Camera obscura. Camera obscura 15 (1986). Avant-garde feminist film journal. Special issue devoted to Science Fiction and Sexual Difference. Essays by Vivian Sobchack, Janet Bergstrom, Constance Penley, Harvey R. Greenberg, Raymond Bellour, et al. 8vo, wraps. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. Near-fine bright clean copy.
$15.00 [Order]
(Camera Obscura A14956)
Camera Obscura. Camera Obscura No. 1 (1976). 142 pp. The inaugural issue of this highly important journal of feminist film criticism. Contains interview with Yvonne Rainer; texts on Jackie Raynal's "Deux Fois"; and a theoretical essay, "The Apparatus," by Jean-Louis Baudry; Woman Working by Christina Creveling. 8vo, wraps. First ed. 1976. About near fine clean tight copy (light rubbing at corner tips, spine crease).
$20.00 [Order]
(CHARLES, JOHN A15966)
CHARLES, JOHN. The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997: A Complete Reference to 1,100 Films Produced by British Hong Kong Studios. Excellent reference work to the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema. Each film listed includes production and cast credits, a plot synopsis, and the author's appraisal of the work. Stout 4to, papered boards. No d.j. (as issued). Jefferson, McFarland, 2000. Upper cornertips bumped.
$72.50 [Order]
(CHEVASSU A7962)
CHEVASSU, FRANCOIS. L'Expression cinematographique: Les elements du film et leurs fonctions. 251 pp., 90 b&w stills, bibliog., index of names, index of films. Covers all aspects of film - framing, montage, depth of field, sound, music, etc. Examples drawn mostly from American classics and post-war French film. Sq. 8vo, wraps. Paris, Lherminier, 1977. Near-fine.
$16.00 [Order]
(CHOW A3623)
CHOW, REY. Primitive Passions: Visuality, Sexuality, Ethnography, and Contemporary Chinese Cinema. xiv, 252pp, notes, index. The most important recent academic study of recent cinema from the People's Republic of China by directors such as Chen Kaige and Zhan Yimou. Not a coffee table book. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, no d.j. (as issued.) New York, Columbia Univ. Press, 1995. As new.
$50.00 [Order]
(COHAN A18471)
COHAN, STEVEN and INA RAE HARK, eds. Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in Hollywood Cinema. x, 272 pp., b&w illus. index of films, general index. Critical scholarly texts that range from Rudolph Valentino and Fred Astaire to James Cagney and Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Spartacus, White Heat and Vietnam buddy movies. 8vo, wraps. New York, Routledge, 1993. Fine.
$17.00 [Order]
(COHEN A5360)
COHEN, DANIEL. Horror in the Movies. 118 pp., approx. 30 b&w photos, index. From horror in costume to demonic children, madmen and madwomen. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York, Clarion, 1982. Fine clean copy, in near-fine price clipped d.j.
$8.00 [Order]
(COUSINS A6921)
COUSIN, MICHELLE. Writing a Television Play. 202 pp. A how-to book by successful writer and teacher of same. Includes script of "A Door You Can Close" by Cousins. 8vo, cloth, d.j. Boston, The Writer, Inc., 1975. About fine, in near-fine d.j.
$10.00 [Order]
(COWIE A2955)
COWIE, PETER. Sweden I & II (2 vols.). 224 pp. & 256 pp., richly illus. Credits and plots of over 70 films, discussion of major themes and directors. Square 12mo, wraps. (Ist printing). London, Zwemmer, 1970. Edges slightly rubbed, else near-fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(CRIST A3516)
CRIST, JUDITH. The Private Eye, the Cowboy and the Very Naked Girl: Movies from Cleo to Clyde. 292 pp. Collection of Crist's film reviews from 1963-67. 8vo, cloth, d.j. Second printing. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Lower edge shelf-worn, but bright tight v.g. in v.g.+ d.j. with scuffed top edge. Slight mustiness.
$12.00 [Order]
(DALLE VACCHE A17414)
DALLE VACCHE, ANGELA. The Visual Turn: Classical Film Theory and Art History. 288 pp. Collection of essays in which the discourse of film theory is enlarged with the methodologies of art history. Covers the silents through post-WWII. 8vo, wraps. Rutgers, 2003. Fine.
$15.00 [Order]
(DARDIS A6016)
DARDIS, TOM. Some Time in the Sun. 274 pp., bibliog., notes, index. The story of Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Huxley, West and Agee in Hollywood. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, papered bds., pieces of d.j. laid in. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. Bds. and endpapers fading, else nice tight v.g. copy.
$4.00 [Order]
(EASTMAN KODAK A5108)
ROCHESTER. Eastman Kodak Company. How to Make Good Movies. 232 pp. filmmaking handbook, over 600 illus. designed for home-moviemakers' use with the Cine-Kodak 8mm. & 16mm, but applicable to any film equipment. 8vo, cloth spine, pictorial printed boards, d.j. nd (c.1955). VG+/VG d.j. with marginal chips.
$12.00 [Order]
(East-West A6413)
Dissanayake, Wimal, ed. East-West Film Journal [Complete run]. Complete run of an important scholarly cinema studies periodical that was published twice yearly, in January and July, from 1986-1994, by the Program for Cultural studies, East-West Center, Honolulu. The major voice for scholarly articles on Asian cinema during the late 1980s-early 90s. Very important reference on this topic during the Renaissance of Chinese film, on new Japanese cinema as well as the cinema of Korea, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Every major film studies scholar wrote for this journal at one time or another. In English. 8vo, wraps. 1986-1994. As new. NOTE: Shipping to U.S. destination 40.00; elsewhere please inquire.
$300.00 [Order]
(EISNER A4257)
EISNER, LOTTE H. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt. 360 pp., many stills, bibliog., filmog., index. The great classic text on German Expressionist film. Stout 8vo, cloth, d.j. First U.S. ed. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1969. Fine, in near fine dustjacket with just a small bit of rubbing top edge of spine. A lovely copy.
$70.00 [Order]
(EVERSON A6783)
EVERSON, WILLIAM K. The Detective in Film. 247 pp., photos, index. Sherlock Holmes, Thin Man, etc. 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. Secaucus, Citadel, 1972. V.G., in v.g. worn d.j.
$16.00 [Order]
(FEHRENBACH A10566)
FEHRENBACH, HEIDI. Cinema in Democratizing Germany: Reconstructing National Identity after Hitler. 384 pp., 19 illus., index. 8vo, cloth. First ed. University of North Carolina Press, 1995. About fine. (Pub. at $59.95)
$40.00 [Order]
(Femme Flicke A12737)
Spangler, Tina, ed. Femme Flicke No. 7 (1997). 34 pp.This issue of the independent lesbian film magazine contains an interview with black filmmaker Cheryl Dunye on her film Watermelon Woman (a narrative about a black documentary filmmaker piecing together the life of a long-forgotten black actress); an additional 6 pp. insert Guide to Women directors, listing more than 250 directors and their films; reviews of 7 important lesbian films from 1997. 8vo, stiff card wraps. Cambridge, 1997. Fine.
$20.00 [Order]
(FENIN A13901)
FENIN, GEORGE and WILLIAM K. EVERSON. The Western: From Silents to Cinerama. 362 pp., hundreds of illus., index of names and film titles. Excellent survey. Stout sq. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Orion, 1962. Near fine, in about fine d.j.
$25.00 [Order]
(FENIN A5066)
FENIN, GEORGE and WILLIAM K. EVERSON. The Western: From Silents to Cinerama. 362 pp., hundreds of illus., index of names and film titles. Excellent survey. Stout sq. 8vo, pictorial stamped cloth. New York, Bonanza Books, 1962. No d.j., else v.g.+.
$18.00 [Order]
(Film Culture A17472)
NEW YORK. Film Culture. Film Culture No. 40 (Spring 1966). 80 pp., b&w illus. Includes complete 25 pp. scenario of Harlot - a movie by ANDY WARHOL, as well as articles on Stan Brakhage; Louise Brooks on Charles Chaplin; text on Chaplin by Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky, an interview with Kenneth Anger, and much more. Important issue. 4to, wraps. 1966. V.G. (Covers lightly rubbed, a few internal creases.)
$30.00 [Order]
(FISCHER A5625)
FISCHER, LUCY. Shot/Countershot: Film Tradition and Women's Cinema. 348 pp., 25 b&w stills., appendix, index. Fine critical and feminist discussion of 25 films, including Riddles of the Sphinx, Lianna, Girlfriends, A Question of Silence, Dance Girl Dance, A Stolen Life... 8vo, wraps. BFI, 1989. Fine unread copy..
$8.50 [Order]
(FRAENKEL A8665)
FRAENKEL, HEINRICH. Unsterblicher Film: Die Grosse Chronik von der Laterna Magica bis zum Tonfilm. 499 pp., b&w illus. Classic text on film history. In German. Stout 8vo, cloth. Munich, Kindler, 1956. Near fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(FULLER A7068)
FULLER, KATHRYN H. At the Picture Show: Small-Town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture. 248 pp., b&w illus. and photos, notes, bibliog., index. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. Review copy. Smithsonian, 1996. Near-fine (half-title page crinkled), in fine d.j.
$20.00 [Order]
(GEORGE A1848)
GEORGE, NELSON. Blackface, Reflections on African-Americans and the Movies. 224 pp. A collection of intelligent essays and ruminations on black filmmaking--its accomplishments, difficulties and possibilities. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Harper Collins, 1994. New. (Pub. at $22.)
$12.00 [Order]
(GEVER A10853)
GEVER, MARTHA, JOHN GREYSON and PRATIBHA PARMAR, eds. Queer Looks: Perspectives on Lesbian and Gay Film and Video. xv, 413 pp., illus., list of contributors. Outstanding collection of 35 gay film studies texts by critics and filmmakers, focusing mostly on independent and avant-garde productions. Stout 8vo, wraps. New York, Routledge, 1993. Mint. (Pub. at $21.95).
$9.00 [Order]
(GLEDHILL A18749)
GLEDHILL, CHRISTINE. Home is Where the Heart Is: Studies in Melodrama and The Woman's Film. 365 pp., appendix, index. One of the most important compendiums of feminist film criticism: 19 essays by the foremost practitioners. Includes contributions by Thomas Elsaesser, Laura Mulvey, Lea Jacobs, E. Ann Kaplan, Nick Browne, Julia Lesage, Mary Ann Doane, Linda Williams, and Annette Kuhn among others. 8vo, wraps. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1987. Fine.
$18.50 [Order]
(GOLDMAN A6777)
GOLDMAN, WILLIAM. Hype & Glory. 306 pp. A curious juxtaposition of the Cannes Film Festival and the Miss America pageant. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed., 2nd printing. New York, Villard Books, 1990. Fine/Fine.
$12.00 [Order]
(GOULDING A2400)
GOULDING, DANIEL J. Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience. 190 pp., numerous b&w illus., notes, bibliog., index. Covers the period 1945-83, including many films and directors unknown in the U.S. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First edition. Bloomington, Indiana Univ. Press, 1985. Slight dents upper edge, else crisp near-fine copy in edge-worn d.j.
$10.00 [Order]
(GREGOR A15869)
GREGOR, ULRICH, ed. The German Experimental Film of the Seventies. Approx. 80 pp., b&w stills from dozens of films, printed recto only. Text in English. Uncommon. 12mo, transparent printed plastic cover, cards, bound with single brass brad Munchen.: Goethe-Institute, 1980. About fine.
$27.50 [Order]
(Griffithiana A14493)
Turconi, Davide and Peter Lehman, Eds. GRIFFITHIANA Journal of Film History 60/61 (October 1997). 227 pp., illus. Scholarly film journal focused on silent film studies. This issue contains articles on Oscar Micheaux, on Chinese silent film, Griffith's music, and more. 8vo, stiff card covers. 1997. Fine.
$30.00 [Order]
(GUBAR A13710)
GUBAR, SUSAN. Racechanges: White Skin, Black Face in American Culture. xxiii, 327 pp., illus., notes, index. A scholarly study of cross-racial impersonations and imitations in American film, photography, painting, fiction, poetry, and journalism. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Oxford Univ. Press, 1997. As new.
$25.00 [Order]
(HANSEN-STEIGER A2326)
HANSEN-STEIGER, SHERRY and BRAD STEIGER. Hollywood and the Supernatural. 269 pp., 35 b&w illus. Includes map with exact locations of Hollywood supernatural phenomena. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First edition. New York, St. Martin's, 1990. Fine/Fine.
$15.00 [Order]
(HARWELL A10726)
HARWELL, RICHARD, ed. Gone with the Wind as Book and Film. xxxi, 274 pp., 24 illus., extensive bibliog., index. Important collection of 35 documents and texts by noted critics, promoters, producers, and scholars, assessing the authorial, historic, theological, political and psychological aspects of Mitchell's GWTW. 8vo, first paperback ed. New York, Paragon House, 1987. As new.
$12.95 [Order]
(HASKELL A7003)
HASKELL, MOLLY. Holding My Own in No Man's Land. 207 pp. Essays on women, men, film and feminists, including Gloria Swanson, Doris Day, Mae West, Meryl Streep, Jeanne Moreau, , Truman Capote, Emma, Colette, lipstick envy, and other topics. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Oxford Univ. Press, 1997. As new. (Pub. at $25.00).
$17.00 [Order]
(HEIDER A9678)
HEIDER, KARL G., ed. Images of the South: Constructing a Regional Culture on Film and Video. vi, 207 pp., 27 b&w stills, index. Wide-ranging articles on many topics including the representation of religion, the Florida Seminole, Black entertainers, the southern Appalachians, and more. 8vo, wraps. Athens, Univ. of Georgia Press, 1997. As new.
$16.00 [Order]
(HIGGINS, LYNN A16371)
HIGGINS, LYNN A. New Novel, New Wave, New Politics: Fiction and the Representation of History in Postwar France. ix, 259 pp., notes, index. Outstanding new revisionary analysis of new wave films by Francois Truffaut, Marguerite Duras, Louis Malle, et al, each studied in relation to the surrounding French political and historical contexts. The uncommon hardcover. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. As new.
$60.00 [Order]
(HOBERMAN A7424)
HOBERMAN, J. Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds. viii, 401 pp., richly illus., fine bibliography, appendix, glossary, index. Large sq. 8vo, cloth, d.j. Original large format ed. New York, Museum of Modern Art and Schocken, 1991. Fine, in fine d.j.
$40.00 [Order]
(HULL, DAVID A18802)
HULL, DAVID STEWART. Film in the Third Reich. xi, 292 pp., notes, bibliog., index. Covers over 1300 films produced under the Third Reich. Important reference work on this material. 8vo, wraps. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1973. V.G.+.
$10.00 [Order]
(HUNT A10051)
HUNT, DARNELL M. Screening the Los Angeles "riots": race, seeing, and resistance. xv, 313 pp., appendices, notes, references, index. Analysis of audience response to media coverage of the L.A. "riots" of 1992, a close analysis of the race issues at the center of cultural texts and the practices of the news media. 8vo, self-wraps. First printing. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997. Fine. (Published at 19.95)
$7.00 [Order]
(JONES A17714)
JONES, G. WILLIAM. Black Cinema Treasures: Lost and Found. Foreword by Ossie Davis. 242 pp., approx. 100 b&w film stills, appendices, index. Covers many directors in addition to Oscar Micheaux who were active in independent filmmaking from the silents through 1957. 8vo, wraps. First paperback edition 1997. Denton, Univ. of North Texas Press, 1991. Fine.
$6.95 [Order]
(KAGAN A5717)
KAGAN, NORMAN. The War Film. 160 pp., 101 stills, filmog., bibliog., index. From Birth of a Nation and Shoulder Arms to the anti-war films of the sixties. 8vo, wraps. First ed. New York, Pyramid, 1974. Owner name inside front cover, else near-fine.
$3.00 [Order]
(KUENZLI A9324)
KUENZLI, RUDOLF E., ed. Dada and Surrealist Film. 255 pp. The classic collection of essays on experimental dada and surrealist cinema. 12mo, wraps. Reprint ed. Cambridge, MIT Press, 1996. Fine. (Pub. at $15.00).
$12.50 [Order]
(KUHN A2496)
KUHN, ANNETTE. Women's Pictures: Feminism and Cinema. 226 pp., appendix of terms, bibliog., index. This is the original edition of this ground-breaking work. 8vo, wraps. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982. V.g.+. Spine creased, slight rubbing to edges, rem. mark lower edge. A tight clean copy.
$6.00 [Order]
(KUHN A3042)
KUHN, ANNETTE, ed. The Women's Companion to International Film. 464 pp., a few b&w illus. More than an index of films directed, produced, written by women, this is an essential and educational state of the art dictionary of film with fun cross-references throughout. 8vo, wraps. London, Virago Press, 1990. Mint.
$4.95 [Order]
(KUZNIAR A17711)
KUZNIAR, ALICE A. The Queer German Cinema. 314 pp., illus. A scholarly examination of gay and lesbian cross-dressing themes in classic German Weimar-era films, and many other topics. 8vo, wraps. Stanford Univ. Press, 2000. Fine.
$27.50 [Order]
(LAHR A2211)
LAHR, JOHN. Automatic Vaudeville: Essays on Star Turns. 241 pp., index. Broad range of theatrical subjects from Eugene O'Neill, The Beatles, Stephen Sondheim to Woody Allen and Joe Orton. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Some fading to d.j. spine, edges of rear panel, else fine copy.
$6.00 [Order]
(L'Avant-Scene A7426)
l'Avant-Scene. l'Avant-Scene No. 9 (novembre 1961). Contains 3 screenplays. MICHEL DELVILLE's Ce soir ou jamais, CARLOS VILARDEBO's L'Eau et la Pierre (Cannes Palme d'Or, 1961), ADO KYROU's La Chevelure. Also brief article on the other short films of VILARDEBO: La Petite Cuillere, Calder's Circus. 62 pp., 41 b&w photos and frames. In French. Tall 8vo, wraps. 1961. V.G. Covers scuffed, corners and spine rubbed; interior near-fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(LAWRENCE, A A9321)
LAWRENCE, AMY. Echo and Narcissus: Women's Voices in Classical Hollywood Cinema. x, 212 pp., notes, references, filmog., index. Important feminist film critique of the silencing of the woman's voice in classical American cinema. Includes close analysis of: Sadie Thompson (both versions), Rain (both versions), Blackmail, Sorry Wrong Number, The Spiral Staircase, Notorious, To Kill a Mockingbird. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1991. Fine/Fine. (Pub. at $47.50).
$22.00 [Order]
(LEFF A6467)
LEFF, LEONARD J. and JEROLD L. SIMMONS. The Dame in the Kimono: Hollywood, Censorship & the Production Code from the 1920s to the 1960s. 350 pp., b&w illus., appendices, notes, bibliog., filmog., index. Explores the changing dialogue between public morality and artistic integrity. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. Fine/Fine. (Pub. at $22.50)
$9.50 [Order]
(LESSER A4911)
LESSER, WENDY. Pictures at an Execution: An Inquiry into the Subject of Murder. 270 pp., notes. A level-headed meditation on what we make of murder, in law, morality and art. 8vo, wraps. Second ptg. 1995. Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1993. Near-fine (faint price marking rear cover, else new book). Pub. at $14.95.
$4.00 [Order]
(LOURDEAUX A8266)
LOURDEAUX, LEE. Italian and Irish Filmmakers in America: Ford, Capra, Coppola and Scorsese. xi, 288 pp., illus. Interesting ethnic approach to some of Hollywood's leading directors. 8vo, wraps. Philadelphia, Temple Univ., 1992. Fine.
$8.50 [Order]
(MANVELL A7926)
MANVELL, ROGER. Films and the Second World War. 388 pp., hundreds of illus., notes, index. 8vo, wraps. First Delta printing. New York, Dell, 1976. V.G. (Covers creased and scuffed, interior tight and clean.)
$10.00 [Order]
(MCCORMICK A8804)
MCCORMICK, RICHARD W. Politics of the Self: Feminism and the Postmodern in West German Literature & Film. 262 pp., bibliog., index. Scholarly analysis. 8vo, wraps. Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press, 1991. Near-fine (rem. mark).
$16.00 [Order]
(MELLEN A10711)
MELLEN, JOAN. Big Bad Wolves: Masculinity in the American Film. xvi, 365 pp., 40 illus., list of illus., index. Organized by decade, Mellen discusses the 'role' models created by Gable, Ladd, Fonda, Tracy, Bogart, Redford, Roundtree; the mystique of the silent hero (Cooper, Wayne, Eastwood); male comraderie; the war films by Wellman and Hawks, and other topics. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Pantheon Books, 1977. Fine/Fine.
$18.50 [Order]
(MODLESKI A17233)
MODLESKI, TANIA, ed. Studies in Entertainment: Critical Approaches to Mass Culture. xix, 210 pp. Essays on everything from Adorno to horror films by a well-known film critic and culture theorist. 8vo, wraps. 4th printing. Bloomington, Indiana Univ. Press, 1986. Fine clean bright copy.
$7.00 [Order]
(MURRAY A6563)
MURRAY, KEN. The Golden Days of San Simeon. 163 pp., 167 photos. William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies and their Hollywood friends (Garbo, Charles Chaplin, Cary Grant et al.) at play in the castle. Foreword by Ronald Reagan. Small 4to, cloth, d.j. Garden City, Doubleday, 1971. V.G./V.G.
$8.00 [Order]
(New German Critique A17333)
London. New German Critique. New German Critique 36 Vol. 12, no. 3 (Fall 1985) Special Issue on HEIMAT. 192 pp. Texts on Edgar Reitz's Heimat and other works in the context of Heimat by Miriam Hansen, Michael Geisler, Eric Rentschler, Angelika Bammer (on Germany Pale Mother), Thomas Y. Levin, Theodor Adorno, Klauss Theweleit, Liliane Weissbert, C. Fred Alford. In English. 8vo, wraps. Fall 1985. Near fine.
$8.50 [Order]
(NOBLE, PETER A14601)
NOBLE, PETER. The Negro in films. 288 pp. including 39 photos, list of illus., appendices (including Griffith's defense of Birth of a Nation), lists of films, index. A historical study on race relations in British and Hollywood films by a British film critic. Includes both social history and sections on individual stars, including Paul Robeson, Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, Rex Ingram, Katherine Dunham, and many others. 8vo, black cloth. First ed. thus. London, Skelton Robinson, 1949. V.G.+. Tight clean copy with extremities lightly rubbed.
$30.00 [Order]
(NULL A13759)
NULL, GARY. Black Hollywood: The Black Performer in Motion Pictures. 254 pp., hundreds of b&w illus., index. Good reference to the major players up to the 1970s. 4to, wraps. 6th printing. (Reprint of 1975 ed.) Secaucus, Citadel, 1990. As new.
$10.00 [Order]
(PARISH A6880)
PARISH, JAMES ROBERT and RONALD L. BOWERS. The MGM Stock Company: The Golden Era. 862 pp. Useful reference work to over 150 studio contract players, brief filmogs., index. Stout 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York, Bonanza, 1972. Near fine, in near fine d.j. (slight rubbing to cornertips).
$25.00 [Order]
(PEARY A9582)
PEARY, DANNY. Cult Movies: The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful. 402 pp., over 400 illus., index of titles and names. Compendium covering everything from Hitchcock's Vertigo, classic foreign art films, independents such as Badlands, to Bedtime for Bonzo. An excellent must-see medley reflecting the taste of many film critics of the 70's. 4to, wraps. First printing. New York, Dell, 1981. V.G. (rear cover creases to lower corner).
$17.50 [Order]
(Penguin Film Review A12875)
MANVELL, ROGER, ed. The Penguin Film Review 8 (1949). 128 pp., 59 b&w stills. Includes: Eisenstein on Stereoscopic Film, Halas and Batchelor on European Cartoon films, Manvell on Olivier's Hamlet, Jean-George Auriol on Contemporary French Cinema, H.H. Wollenberg on The Jewish Theme in Contemporary Cinema, and much more.12mo, wrps. First ed. 12mo, wraps. London, 1949. V.G.+. Tiny near-invisible closed tear right edge front cover and first several leaves. Pages age-toned.
$14.00 [Order]
(Penguin Film Review A12876)
MANVELL, ROGER, ed. The Penguin Film Review 9 (1949). 57 pp., b&w stills. Includes: Critical symposium on Paisa, articles by Hans Richter, Siegfried Kracauer, Catherine de la Roche, Harry Watt on Film Making in Australia, Eric Ambler on Turning Novels into Films, articles on censorship, design, colour and the two-reel comedy. 12mo, wraps. First ed. London, 1949. V.G. (Pages age-toned, mildly waved, spine sunned).
$16.00 [Order]
(PENLEY A6618)
PENLEY, CONSTANCE and SHARON WILLIS, eds. Male Trouble. 316 pp., notes, index. A major collection of critical feminist texts on the concept of "masculinity" in the popular media; Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, Pee Wee Herman, Chen Kaige, et al. 8vo, wraps. Minneapolis, Univ. of Minnesota, 1993. Near-fine.
$17.50 [Order]
(POWRIE A18779)
POWRIE, PHIL. French Cinema in the 1980s: Nostalgia and the Crisis of Masculinity. xii, 243, 16 illus., bibliog., index. Sections on nostalgia films, police thrillers and the directors of the "cinema du look." Includes discussion of Un amour de Swann, Vivement dimanche!, Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources, Coup de foudre, Diva, Subway, Mauvais Sang, La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, and many others.. 8vo, wraps. First printing. Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1997. Fine.
$8.00 [Order]
(PRAWER A9319)
PRAWER, S. S. Caligari's Children: The Film as Tale of Terror. 307 pp., 27 stills, bibliog., index of names, index of titles. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Oxford Univ. Press, 1980. About fine crisp copy, in near-fine d.j. with a two short closed tears rear panel.
$25.00 [Order]
(RABINOVITZ A15857)
RABINOVITZ, LAUREN. Points of Resistance: Women, Power & Politics in the New York Avant-Garde Cinema 1943-71. xi, 250 pp., filmog., notes, extensive bibliog., index. Focus on Maya Deren, Shirley Clarke and Joyce Wieland; well researched contextual material on the New American cinema movement of the sixties and avant-garde theater developments. 8vo, cloth. (No d.j., as issued). Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1991. As new.
$27.50 [Order]
(REID A1815)
REID, MARK A. Redefining Black Film. x, 170 pp., 30 b&w stills, bibliog., index. Important text on this topic. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1993. Fine/Fine.
$30.00 [Order]
(REIMER A9312)
REIMER, ROBERT C. and CAROL J. Nazi-Retro Film: How German Narrative Cinema Remembers the Past. xxi, 256 pp., b&w illus. Scholarly groundbreaking book. 12mo, wraps. First pb. ed. New York, Twayne, 1992. Fine.
$14.00 [Order]
(RENTSCHLER A9299)
RENTSCHLER, ERIC, ed. West German Filmmakers on Film: Visions and Voices. xxvi, 262 pp., sources, bibliog., index of names and films. Fine collection of 85 texts by contemporary German filmmakers ranging from the popular to avant-garde. A broad and informative selection. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York, Holmes & Meier, 1988. Fine/Fine.
$14.00 [Order]
(ROBINSON A6726)
ROBINSON, W. R., ed. Man and the Movies. 371 pp., extensive bibliog., index of names, index of films. 20 articles on genres (horror, westerns, skin flicks, adaptations), filmmakers (Hitchcock, Griffith, Bergman, Antonioni, Fellini, Visconti), critics, screenwriters. Twenty critical articles on many topics that still occupy film studies by L. McMurtry, F. Chappell, L. Fiedler, R. Wilbur et al. 8vo, wraps. Reprint of 1967 ed. Baltimore, Penguin Books, 1969. Near-fine.
$4.50 [Order]
(ROBINSON A2812)
ROBINSON, W. R., ed. Man and the Movies. 371 pp., annotated bibliog., index of names, index of filims. Twenty critical articles on many topics that still occupy film studies by L. McMurtry, F. Chappell, L. Fiedler, R. Wilbur et al. 8vo, cloth, d.j. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1967 (Second printing). About fine, in near-fine d.j. (price clipped).
$7.50 [Order]
(ROLLINS A17708)
ROLLINS, PETER C. and JOHN E. O'CONNOR, Eds. Hollywood's Indian: The Portrayal of the Native American in Film. xi, 226 pp., approx. 37 b&w illus., bibliog., list of contributors, index. Collection of critical texts by Ted Jojola, Hannu Salmi, Michael J. Riley, Ken Nolley, Frank Manchel, James A. Sandos and Larry Burgess, Margot Kasdan and Susan Tavernetti, et al. 8vo, wraps. Lexington: Univ. of Kentucky Press, 1998. Fine.
$12.00 [Order]
(ROSS, KAREN A16286)
ROSS, KAREN. Black & White Media: Black Images in Popular Film & Television. xxv, 206 pp., bibliog., index, indices of films and television programs. 8vo, wraps. First ed. Cambridge (UK), Polity Press, 1996. As new.
$32.50 [Order]
(SCHELDE A2320)
SCHELDE, PER. Androids, Humanoids, and Other Science Fiction Monsters. 279 pp., 24 illus., bibliog., filmog. of wks cited, index. Organized around issues; mostly recent Hollywood films. Small 4to, cloth, d.j. Review copy. (Pub. at $40.) New York, NYU Press, 1993. As new.
$20.00 [Order]
(SEABURY A12972)
SEABURY, WILLIAM MARSTON. The Public and the Motion Picture Industry. xiv, 340 pp., appendix. Important information on trade associations, U.S. statutes governing the industry, chapters on England and France, censorship issues, etc. 8vo, gilt lettered cloth. First ed. New York, MacMillan, 1926. Near-fine.
$35.00 [Order]
(SEGRAVE A11128)
SEGRAVE, KERRY and LINDA MARTIN. The Continental Actress: European Film Stars of the Postwar Era. 314 pp., 80 b&w illus., biographies, filmographies, bibliographies, index. Includes: Anna Magnani, Brigitte Bardot, Simone Signoret, Monica Vitti, and many more. 8vo, cloth. No d.j. (as issued.) First ed. Jefferson, McFarland, 1990. As new. Fine bright copy..
$15.75 [Order]
(SIGHT AND SOUND A2119)
London. BFI. Sight and Sound Film Review Vol. January 1993 to December 1993. 252 pp. Bound compendium of all film reviews from the monthly issues of this British publication in one volume with index of directors and titles for easy reference. Large 4to, laminated boards, no d.j. as issued. 1994. Fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(SIGHT AND SOUND A2118)
London. BFI. Sight and Sound. Film Review Volume. May 1992 to December 1992. 168 pp. Bound compendium of all film reviews from the monthly issues of this British publication in one volume with index of directors and titles for easy reference. Large 4to, laminated boards, no d.j. as issued. 1993. Rear corner, slight bump, else fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(SJOMAN A6557)
SJOMAN, VILGOT. I am Curious (yellow). 254 pp., 266 stills, cast, credits.The complete scenario of the film. Also includes 66 pp. excerpts from the testimony by the director and numerous film critics at the 1968 trial in the U.S. District Court of New York where the jury upheld the government's seizure of the film as obscene material. 12mo, wraps. 4th printing. New York, Grove, 1968. Faint spine crease, else tight clean copy.
$9.00 [Order]
(SLIDE A3895)
SLIDE, ANTHONY. Aspects of American Film History prior to 1920. 161 pp., text illus., index. 8vo, cloth. No. d.j. as issued. Metuchen, Scarecrow, 1978. Fine.
$27.00 [Order]
(SLIDE A7762)
SLIDE, ANTHONY. The Griffith Actresses. 181 pp., approx. 150 illus., appendices of names. Chapters on Blanche Sweet, Mary Pickford, Mae Marsh, Carol Dempster, the Gish Sisters, Clarine Seymour, Miriam Cooper. Large 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York, A.S. Barnes, 1973. Fine, in near-fine d.j.
$35.00 [Order]
(SLOAN A10719)
SLOAN, KAY. The Loud Silents: Origins of the Social Problem Film. ix, 166 pp., notes, filmog., bibliog., index. Chapters on sexual politics, suffragettes, labor unionism, criminality and the justice system. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. Urbana, Univ. of Illinois, 1988. Fine/Fine.
$20.00 [Order]
(SPEARS A2384)
SPEARS, JACK. Hollywood: The Golden Era. 440 pp., approx. 100 b&w photos, filmogs., index of names, index of films. 8vo, boards, d.j. New York, Castle Books, 1971. Near-fine, in v.g. d.j. with minor soiling and edgewear.
$12.00 [Order]
(SPERLING A7151)
SPERLING, CASS WARNER and CORK MILLNER. Hollywood Be Thy Name: The Warner Brothers Story. xiv, 365 pp., plus 32 pp. photos, index. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. Rockland, CA, Prima, 1993. Fine/Fine.
$22.00 [Order]
(SULLIVAN A3875)
SULLIVAN, KAYE. Films For, By, and About Women. Series II. 780 pp. Approx. 3000 films listed with brief synopsis, date, running time, film source. Appendices include a long list of women filmmakers, and a substantial subject index. Important reference work. Stout 8vo, cloth. No d.j. as issued. Metuchen, Scarecrow Press, 1985. Fine.
$40.00 [Order]
(TAYLOR A6401)
TAYLOR, JOHN RUSSELL. Cinema Eye, Cinema Ear: Some Key Film-Makers of the Sixties. 294 pp., 16 pp. illus., index. Covers Antonioni, Fellini, Bunuel, Bresson, Bergman, Hitchcock. 8vo, wraps. New York, Hill and Wang, 1964. V.G. Eges scuffed, corner crease rear cover, else tight clean copy.
$7.50 [Order]
(TAYLOR A3730)
TAYLOR, JOHN RUSSELL. Cinema Eye, Cinema Ear: Some Key Film-makers of the Sixties. 294 pp., 16 pp. illus., filmogs., bibliogs., index. Covers Antonioni, Fellini, Bunuel, Bresson, Bergman, Hitchcock, Truffaut, Godard. 8vo, wraps. First paperback ed. New York, Hill and Wang, 1964. V.G.+ (light rubbing to covers, else tight clean copy).
$5.00 [Order]
(TAYLOR, J A2378)
TAYLOR, JOHN RUSSELL. Strangers in Paradise:The Hollywood Emigres, 1933-1950. 256 pp., bibliog., index. Text covers scriptwriters and actors (Dietrich, Gabin, Lamarr, Lorre), as well as directors such as Lubitsch, Clair, Renoir, Wilder. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983. Partial crease f.e.p. and first five leaves, else fine crisp copy in near-fine d.j.
$12.00 [Order]
(TURNER A2530)
TURNER, GRAEME. Film as Social Practice. 187 pp., bibliog., index. Cultural studies theory applied to the practice of making, watching, and talking about feature films. 8vo, wraps. New York, Routledge, 1988. As new.
$10.00 [Order]
(VIDAL A6094)
VIDAL, GORE. Screening History. 97 pp., 23 b&w illus. A meditation on childhood, movies, Shakespeare and history. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1992. Fine, in about fine d.j. (touch of light surface scuffing).
$7.00 [Order]
(VORONTSOV A7419)
VORONTSOV, YURI and IGOR RACHUK. The Phenomenon of the Soviet Cinema. 423 pp. plus 50 pp. b&w photos, index. In English. 12mo, papered bds. Moscow, Progress Pub., 1980. Near-fine.
$25.00 [Order]
(WAKEMAN A6640)
WAKEMAN, JOHN, ed. World Film Directors. Vol.1: 1890-1945; Vol.2: 1945-1985. Major encyclopedic reference work. Large stout 4tos, cloth, d.j. H. W. Wilson, 1987 and 1988.. As new. (Pub. at $180.00). SHIPPING AT COST, please inquire.
$125.00 [Order]
(WHEALES A3184)
WHEALES, GERALD. Canned Goods as Caviar: American Film Comedy of the 1930s. 386 pp., bibliographic notes, index. Focuses on twelve classics from City Lights, She Done him Wrong, Duck Soup to Nothing Sacred, Bringing Up Baby, Destry Rides Again. Discusses screenwriters, comic techniques, political and cultural history. 8vo, wraps. Later printing. Chicago and London, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1985. Fine.
$5.00 [Order]
(Wide Angle A3947)
Baltimore. Wide Angle. Wide Angle: A Film Quarterly of Theory, Criticism and Practice Vol. 14, no. 2 (1992). Special issue on Gay and Lesbian Film Production & Reception. Includes article on Andy Warhol. 8vo, wraps. 1992. About fine.
$15.00 [Order]
(Wide Angle A3944)
Baltimore. Wide Angle. Wide Angle: A Film Quarterly of Theory, Criticism and Practice Vol. 15, no. 1 (January 1993). Special issue on sound in cinema. Important film studies journal. 8vo, wraps. 1993. Fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(Wide Angle A3945)
Baltimore. Wide Angle. Wide Angle: A Film Quarterly of Theory, Criticism and Practice Vol. 15, no. 2 (April 1993). Special issue on problems of response. Important film studies journal. 8vo, wraps. 1993. Fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(Wide Angle A3946)
Baltimore. Wide Angle. Wide Angle: A Film Quarterly of Theory, Criticism and Practice Vol. 15, no. 3 (1993). Important film studies journal. 8vo, wraps. 1993. Fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(WILLIS A2392)
WILLIS, JOHN. 1986 Film Annual Screen World Vol. 37. Vol. 37 Small 4to, 1/4/cloth, d.j. New York, Crown, 1986. Near-fine/V.g.+.
$6.00 [Order]
(WILTON A8668)
WILTON, TAMSIN, ed. Immortal Invisible: Lesbians and the Moving Image. 235 pp., filmog., index. Contents include: texts on Oranges are not the Only Fruit, Salmonberries, Desert Hearts, Anne Trister, Pumping Iron II, lesbian spectatorship, interview with Andrea Weiss and Greta Schiller. 8vo, wraps. London and New York, Routledge, 1995. About fine, clean bright copy.
$12.00 [Order]
(WRIGHT A9771)
WRIGHT, BASIL. The Long View: An idiosyncratic history and appreciation of the movies from vitascope to video. 709 pp., plus xxii indices. Wright is a renowned British documentary filmmaker and collaborator with John Grierson, and a film historian. Stout 8vo, cloth, d.j. First U.S. ed. New York, Knopf, 1974. Near-fine, in fine d.j.
$12.00 [Order]
(WRIGHT, WILL A5148)
WRIGHT, WILL. Sixguns & Society: A Structural Study of the Western. 217 pp. Good analyses of the correlations between the development of the Western and American society. 8vo, pictorial wraps. First ed. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1975. Near fine tight copy..
$7.50 [Order]
(ZHANG A12130)
ZHANG, XUDONG. Chinese Modernism. 431 pp., index. Excellent collection of texts on contemporary post-Tiananmen Chinese culture, literature, cinema. Stout 8vo, wraps. Duke University Press, 1997. As new. (Pub. at $22.00).
$20.00 [Order]
(ASTAIRE & ROGERS A4949)
Croce, Arlene. The FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS Book. 191 pp., over 600 illus., complete filmographies with cast lists, production details, descriptions of plot, dance numbers. Small stills set in the upper corners of each page create an animated flip sequence of "The Waltz in Swingtime" (from Swingtime) and "Let Yourself Go" (from Follow the Fleet). A nifty book. Sq. 8vo, yellow papered bds., d.j. First ed. New York, Outerbridge and Lazard, 1972. V.G., in worn chipped dustjacket.
$10.00 [Order]
(BACALL A2417)
[BACALL] GREENBERGER, HOWARD. Bogey's Baby. 216 pp. biography of Lauren Bacall with over 35 photos. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York, St. Martin's, 1978. Near-fine/Near-fine.
$4.00 [Order]
(BACALL A11478)
Greenberger, Howard. Bogey's Baby (LAUREN BACALL). 216 pp. biography, over 35 photos. Small 8vo, hardcover (papered bds), d.j. First U.S. ed. New York, St. Martin's, 1978. Fine/Fine.
$5.00 [Order]
(BERGMAN, INGRID A2415)
BERGMAN, INGRID and Alan Burgess. INGRID BERGMAN: My Story. 504 pp., 64 pp. photos, chronol. of film, theater, t.v. appearances, index. Thick 8vo, 1/3cloth, d.j. First printing. New York, Delacorte Press, 1980. Near-fine in near-fine d.j. with one short closed tear rear panel. A little dusty, small dent top edge.
$10.00 [Order]
(BOGART A5075)
Barbour, Alan G. HUMPHREY BOGART. 160 pp. biography, film stills. Small 8vo, wraps. New York, Pyramid, 1974. V.G.
$3.50 [Order]
(BOGART A5104)
Benchley, Nathaniel. HUMPHREY BOGART. 242 pp., numerous illus. First hand personal account of Bogart's life by a Hollywood insider. Large 8vo, cloth, d.j. 2nd printing. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1975. VG, in G+ dj. (chipped and worn).
$11.00 [Order]
(BOWIE A6363)
Edwards, Henry and Tony Zanetta. Stardust: The DAVID BOWIE STORY. 433 pp., plus photo sections with 51 b&w photos, bibliog., discography, index. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1986. Fine/Fine. (Pub. at $17.95).
$14.35 [Order]
(BRANDO A2431)
Braithwaite, Bruce. The Films of MARLON BRANDO. 96 pp., richly illus. 8vo, wraps. First edition. New York and Toronto, Beaufort Books, 1982. Near-fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(BRANDO A6104)
BRANDO, MARLON with Robert Lindsey. Songs My Mother Taught Me. 468 pp. autobiography, approx. 150 photos. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. New York, Random House, 1994. Fine/About fine. (Pub. at $25.00).
$17.50 [Order]
(BRANDO A2427)
Downing, David. MARLON BRANDO. 216 pp. biography, approx. 100 b&w photos and stills, filmog., index. Small 4to, 1/4 cloth, d.j. New York, Stein and Day, 1984. V.g.+ in v.g. dustjacket with worn edges and several short closed tears.
$10.00 [Order]
(BRANDO A2423)
Fiore, Carlo. Bud: The BRANDO I Knew. The Untold Story of Brando's Private Life. 294 pp., more than 50 photos. Memoir by one of Brando's closest friends and screenwriter. Good descriptions of his early theatrical performances. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York, Delacorte Press, 1974. V.g.+ in v.g. d.j. with rubbed edges.
$10.00 [Order]
(CAGNEY A3517)
Bergman, Andrew. JAMES CAGNEY. 156 pp., over 100 stills, bibliog., filmog. 8vo, wraps. New York, Pyramid, 1973. Near-fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(CRAWFORD, JOAN A3709)
Quirk, Lawrence J. The Films of JOAN CRAWFORD. 222 pp., b&w photos and stills throughout, plots, casts, full filmography, reviews for all films from 1925-1968. Useful reference on one of the enduring Hollywood film stars of the pre-WWII era, whose comeback in the sixties is no less memorable. 4to, cloth. New York, Citadel, 1968. V.G.
$8.00 [Order]
(DAVIS, BETTE A2435)
Ringgold, Gene. The Films of BETTE DAVIS. 191 pp., filmog. with cast, credits, plot synopses. From Bad Sister (1931) through The Nanny (1965) 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Bonanza, 1966. VG/VG. A bit dusty, in scuffed d.j. with worn edges, tiny chips at extremities.
$12.00 [Order]
(DAVIS, BETTE A4907)
Spada, James. More than a Woman: An Intimate Biography of BETTE DAVIS. 514 pp., 55 b&w photos, notes, bibliog., index. Stout 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. New York, Bantam Books, 1993. Fine/Fine. (Pub. at $22.95).
$15.00 [Order]
(DIETRICH A6091)
DIETRICH, MARLENE. Marlene. Trans. from German by Salvator Attanasio. 273 pp., 34 b&w photos. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. New York, Grove, 1989. Fine/Fine.
$8.00 [Order]
(DIETRICH A4906)
Spoto, Donald. Blue Angel: The Life of MARLENE DIETRICH. 335 pp. biography, notes, bibliog., index. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Doubleday, 1992. As new.
$5.00 [Order]
(DUNAWAY A4607)
Hunter, Alan. FAYE DUNAWAY. 256 pp., 22 b&w illus., filmog., index. 8vo, bds, d.j. First U.S. ed. New York, St. Martin's, 1986. Near-fine, in v.g. d.j. (mildly scuffed, light edgewear)
$8.00 [Order]
(FIELDS A5722)
FIELDS, W. C.. W.C. Fields By Himself: His Intended Autobiography with Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Notes, Scripts and Articles. Commentary by Ronald J. Fields.. 510 pp., over 100 photos and drawings, index. Extraordinary descriptions of his performances from the earliest clown acts to his last years, accompanied by a multitude of very humorous letters. Stout 8vo, 1/4 cloth, pictorial papered bds., d.j. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, 1973. Near-fine, in V.G. price-clipped d.j.
$10.00 [Order]
(FLYNN A9872)
Higham, Charles. ERROL FLYNN: The Untold Story. 370 pp., filmog., bibliog. of writings by Flynn, appendix of declassified government documents pertaining to the author's detailed account of Flynn's alleged employment as a spy for the Gestapo during World War II. The book also discusses his bisexuality, his purported smuggling activities and much more. Small 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. Garden City, Doubleday, 1980. Near-fine crisp clean copy in v.g. d.j. (price-clipped, scuffed at head and foot of spine, one short closed tear).
$7.00 [Order]
(FONDA A2424)
Collier, Peter. The FONDAS: A Hollywood Dynasty. 336 pp., 39 photos, index. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First edition. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. Fine, in almost fine d.j. with slight rubbing top edge. (Pub. at $23.)
$4.00 [Order]
(FONDA A2432)
Kerbel, Michael. HENRY FONDA. 159 pp., over 100 b&w illus., filmog., index. 8vo, wraps. New York, Pyramid, 1975. Cover crease, else clean v.g.
$3.00 [Order]
(GARBO A6271)
Corliss, Richard. GRETA GARBO. 176 pp., over 100 illus., filmog., index. 12mo, wraps. First ed. New York, Pyramid, 1974. Fine condition.
$8.00 [Order]
(GARBO A6121)
Durgnat, Raymond and John Kobal. GRETA GARBO. 160 pp, over 200 stills and photos, bibliog. 12mo, wraps. London, Studio Vista, 1965. Shallow abrasion from removal of bookplate inside front cover, else nice clean V.G. with light spine wear, spine creased.
$10.00 [Order]
(GLEASON A5107)
Weatherby, W. J. JACKIE GLEASON: An Intimate Portrait of the Great One. 253 pp., illus., chronol., list of performances, brief bibliog., index. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. New York, Pharos Books, 1992. Fine/Near-fine. (Pub. at $19.95).
$12.00 [Order]
(GRANT A2429)
Higham, Charles and Roy Mosley. CARY GRANT: The Lonely Heart. 358 pp. biography, 14 pp. b&w photos, notes, index. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First edition. New York and London, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. Rem. mark upper edge, else crisp near-fine in slightly scuffed d.j.
$12.00 [Order]
(HARLOW A8360)
Stenn, David. Bombshell: The Life and Death of JEAN HARLOW. xii, 370 pp., illus., filmog., radio appearances, interviews, notes, index. Important well-researched biography. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Doubleday, 1991. As new.
$75.00 [Order]
(HEPBURN A3154)
HEPBURN, KATHERINE. Me: Stories of My Life. 220 pp., richly illus. with stills and photos. Stories about everyone from Cukor to Shakespeare. Stout 8vo, cloth, d.j. Ninth printing. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Fine in d.j. with tiny closed tear at fold, else fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(HOPE A2428)
HOPE, BOB with Melville Shavelson. Don't Shoot, It's Only Me: Bob Hope's Comedy History of the United States. 315 pp., 38 b&w photos. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. Fine/Fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(HUDSON, ROCK A2434)
HUDSON, ROCK and Sara Davidson. Rock Hudson: His Story. 309 pp., 23 pp. b&w photos, notes, list of films. Interesting information on his collaboration on scripts, friendship with major gay literary figures, and more. Small 4to, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First edition. New York, William Morrow and Co., 1986. Fine/Near-fine.
$4.50 [Order]
(JACKSON A6129)
Andersen, Christopher. MICHAEL JACKSON Unauthorized. 283 pp., plus 14 pp. photos, index. Interesting biography based on countless interviews. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First printing. Simon & Schuster, 1994. Mint, in fine d.j. with two specks of rubbing top edge. (Pub. at $23.00).
$18.50 [Order]
(KEATON A3629)
Meade, Marion. BUSTER KEATON: Cut to the Chase. viii, 440 pp., 18 pp. illus., biblliog., filmog., index. Excellent recent biography of this great silent cinema comedian. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, Harper Collins, 1995. Fine, in fine d.j.
$19.50 [Order]
(KEATON A4433)
Moor, Jonathan. DIANE KEATON: The Story of the Real Annie Hall. 175 pp. biography of the Hollywood actress, also increasingly well-known as a photographer. 8vo, boards, d.j. First ed. New York, St. Martin's, 1989. Fine, in v.g. d.j.
$22.50 [Order]
(LANCHESTER A7034)
LANCHESTER, ELSA. Herself. 327 pp. autobiography, index. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, St. Martin's, 1983. Near-fine, in near-fine d.j.
$18.00 [Order]
(LAUGHTON A2419)
Singer, Kurt. The LAUGHTON Story. 308 pp., approx. 27 pp. photos, index. 8vo, cloth. First edition. Phila. and Toronto, John C. Winston, 1954. No d.j., else v.g.+. Head and foot of spine rubbed.
$10.00 [Order]
(LEIGH A5647)
Walker, Alexander. VIVIEN: The Life of Vivien Leigh. 342 pp., photos, index, chronol., bibliog. Well-researched biography. 8vo, wraps. Reprint ed. Grove Press, 1989. Rem. mark lower edge, else fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(LENYA A2897)
Spoto, Donald. LENYA: A Life. 371 pp., richly illus. with b&w photos, notes, discography, index. Thick small 4to, cloth, d.j. First ed. Boston/Toronto/London, Little, Brown, 1989. Rem. mark lower edge, else Fine/Fine.
$10.00 [Order]
(LEWIS, J A5109)
LEWIS, JERRY with Herb Gluck. In Person. 310 pp., 46 b&w illus. Very personal autobiography. 8vo, cloth, tec, d.j. First ed. New York, Atheneum, 1982. Near-fine/Near-fine d.j. with one short closed tear top edge.
$12.00 [Order]
(MARCH A3175)
Quirk, Lawrence J. The Films of FREDRIC MARCH. 225 pp. filmogs. with cast lists, plot summaries, reviews. 4to, cloth. First edition. New York, Citadel, 1971. No d.j. Bumped, else v.g.+.
$10.00 [Order]
(MARX A8548)
MARX, ARTHUR. Not as a Crocodile. 207 pp. Illus. by Gil Walker. Author is Groucho Marx's son. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. (later printing). New York, Harper and Bros., 1958. V.G.+/V.G.+.
$7.00 [Order]
(MASSEY A2439)
MASSEY, RAYMOND. A Hundred Different Lives. 447 pp., photo illus. Foreword by Christopher Plummer. Autobiography of the Hollywood star. Small 4to, cloth, d.j. Boston, Little, Brown, 1979. V.G.+/V.G.
$6.00 [Order]
(MINNELLI A7134)
Leigh, Wendy. LIZA: Born a Star. 298 pp. biography of Liza Minnelli, 16 illus. Based on interviews with friends, family, and co-workers. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. New York, Dutton, 1993. Rem. mark lower edge.
$5.00 [Order]
(MUNI A6261)
Lawrence, Jerome. Actor: The Life and Times of PAUL MUNI. 380 pp., illus. with photos and stills, index. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. V.G.+, in V.G. d.j. (a bit scuffed with wear at spine and corner tips).
$22.50 [Order]
(NEWMAN, PAUL A6246)
Quirk, Lawrence J. The Films of PAUL NEWMAN. 224 pp., 239 b&w photos and stills, complete filmog. 1958-71 with cast, credits, synopses; also info., cast and reviews of four Broadway plays; photo gallery section. 4to, cloth, d.j. Third printing. Secaucus, Citadel, (1971) 1974. Rem mark lower edge, else fine crisp copy, in v.g. edgeworn, scuffed d.j. with tiny chip to spine.
$10.00 [Order]
(NICHOLSON A6095)
McGilligan, Patrick. Jack's Life: A Biography of JACK NICHOLSON. 478 pp., 32 pp. b&w photos, filmog., notes, index. Stout 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. New York, W.W. Norton, 1994. As new. (Pub. at $25.00).
$18.50 [Order]
(PICKFORD, MARY A2129)
Lee, Raymond. The Films of MARY PICKFORD. 175 pp., 157 b&w stills, 68 b&w photos of Pickford including publicity photos. Written by former silent film actor, scriptwriter, and historian of cinema lore. Small 4to, papered boards, d.j. New York, Castle Books, 1970. Near-fine, in v.g. d.j. with some upper edgewear (a few tiny chips and closed tears.)
$12.00 [Order]
(ROGERS, WILL A4983)
Robinson, Ray. American Original: A Life of WILL ROGERS. 288 pp., 28 hors-texte b&w photos, index, with appendix of witty remarks: "Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else." Excellent new biography. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York and Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1996. Mint, in about fine d.j. with just a touch of edge scuffing, light scratch rear panel. (Pub. at $30.00).
$15.00 [Order]
(SINATRA A3707)
Ringgold, Gene and Clifford McCarty. The Films of FRANK SINATRA. 249 pp., b&w photos and stills throughout, plots, casts, filmography, and reviews for over 50 Sinatra films from 1941-1970 from Las Vegas Nights to Dirty Dingus Magee. 4to, cloth. New York, Citadel, 1971. V.G.
$9.00 [Order]
(STANWYCK A6103)
Madsen, Axel. STANWYCK. 434 pp. biography, approx. 32 b&w photos, filmog., index. Fine new biography. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. New York, HarperCollins, 1994. As new.
$15.00 [Order]
(STEWART A8555)
Thompson, Howard. JAMES STEWART. 160 pp., over 100 stills, bibliog., filmog., index. 12mo, wraps. First ed. New York, Pyramid, 1974. Near-fine crisp copy.
$4.70 [Order]
(SWANSON A5326)
Hudson, Richard and Raymond Lee. GLORIA SWANSON. 269 pp., approx. 287 b&w photos and film stills, filmog. with plot and cast lists, biographical text. 8vo, cloth, d.j. New York, Castle Books, 1970. V.G. with small abrasion front endpaper, in V.G. moderately edgeworn d.j. with a few very small chips and short closed tears.
$5.00 [Order]
(TURNER, L A6881)
TURNER, LANA. LANA: the Lady, the Legend, the Truth. 311 pp. autobiography, plus 78 b&w photos. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1980. About fine, in near-fine d.j.
$5.00 [Order]
(ULLMAN A2412)
ULLMAN, LIV. Choices. 193 pp. autobiog. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First American edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Fine/near-fine.
$7.00 [Order]
(WEST, MAE A10983)
Bavar, Michael. MAE WEST. 157 pp., illus. throughout, filmog., index. 12mo, wraps. New York, Pyramid, 1975. Near-fine.
$4.50 [Order]
(WEST, MAE A4419)
Eells, George and Stanley Musgrove. MAE WEST: a biography. 351 pp., approx. 40 photos, cast lists and information on theatrical and screen performances. Packed with information. 8vo, 1/4 cloth, d.j. First ed., second printing. New York, William Morrow, 1982. Near-fine, in v.g. d.j. with small chip rear panel edge.
$5.00 [Order]
(WEST, MAE A9129)
Hamilton, Marybeth. When I'm Bad, I'm Better: MAE WEST, Sex, and American Entertainment. 307 pp., illus., index. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First ed. New York, HarperCollins, 1996. Fine new copy/About fine (short dent to d.j.).
$8.50 [Order]
(WEST, MAE A9130)
Hamilton, Marybeth. When I'm Bad, I'm Better: MAE WEST, Sex, and American Entertainment. 307 pp., illus., index. Important book on this Hollywood icon, feminiist writer, director and bad girl. 8vo, wraps. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1997. As new.
$7.00 [Order]
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